Something for stiffnes?

If a sit for 1.5 hrs or more I stand up feeling stiff and my legs can start to hurt a little sometimes; does anyone knows what can I do to prevent this? I do evry other day streching excercises, but they don't help me to avoid this feeling.

If you are where you can use a heating pad (or a homemade rice sock that you can put in the microwave to heat), you can try using some heat, but other than that, I don't know that there's much you can do about the stiffness - other than completing treatments.Herb only treatment for Lyme & Bart ended 12/11 - no active symptoms for 2 yrs -Herb only treatment for Babesia ended 12/12www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=2977364Had Lyme, Bart, Babs, RMSF, Ehrlichia, Myco, Anaplasmosis, EBVNew Lyme case 8/2014 - Healed 1/31/15 - unknowingly had Asymptomatic Babs and Asymptomatic Bart, being treated now though (2/2016)

My husband just retired from a supervisor's position where he was behind a computer all day long. He is also a super health nut person. He has read so much and what he read was disturbing regarding people who sit all day and their potential for horrible health problems. Especially back, tension headaches and even dementia.

So every hour he got up and took a brisk walk down this long hallway in his building. He also very routinely went to the gym and worked out.

I know when I first got lyme I laid on the couch all day and boy did I get stiff and achy. I can't watch a 2 hour movie without getting up and doing something in the middle of the movie - but I do have to admit, I am probably older than you mibella. LOLLyme Moderator

No magic pill for this, but " Hylands leg cramps" helps. Magnessium glycinate helps too, but you will get sleepy.

Ive always looked for jobs that have a lot of "position freedom" for lack of a better term. I can stand a long time , sitting feels good till I need to get up from more than 1 hr. We need to move as sitting and standing for lengthy times are bad for many people.

I would suggest (repeating my self again) a foam roller and LaCross ball muscle release in the AM. Use before work, on quads, glutes and hamstrings, more pressure the better. This helps manage. All those muscles contribute to lower back, leg and hip tension. The upper IT band area (right under the hip bone sticking out) gets super tight and is ignored, its only 1/2 thick, but a very big deal with back/hip pain.

The muscle area when sitting that forms a 90 degree corner (hip and quad junction) get tight and will send refered pain to the lower back. A lacross ball on the floor here works wonders. You can also do a deep thumb massage there if you have some privacy at your desk.

All this is on u-tube. If you look up hip muscle image on google, then look to release that muscle on you tube- you can make some tension go away. The more you do this (several times daily), the more likely a positive pattern will reset your muscles.